[pt] Experimentos foram realizados para se determinar as características de transferência de calor de modo combinado, por convecção natural e radiação, de um conjunto de aletas retangulares e verticais, com antepara, em ar. Os seguintes parâmetros foram avariados durante o curso dos experimentos: comprimento longitudinal das aletas, diferença de temperatura aleta-ambiente, altura das aletas e a folga entre aletas/antepara. Anteparas possuindo características térmicas distintas foram empregadas (altamente condutora e isolante). Para cada configuração variou-se o Número de Rayleigh entre 4,0 x 10(1) a 7,0 x 10(2). Encontrou-se que o posicionamento de uma antepara próxima às alentas reduz a taxa de troca de calor de modo combinado quando comparado ao caso sem antepara. Encontrou-se, também, que as anteparas metálicas forneceram taxas de transferência de calor maiores que as isoladas. Cálculos mostraram que, quando a folga aleta/antepara era nula, a parcela convectiva era dominante. Para outros valores da folga, a contribuição da componente radiativa era da mesma ordem de grandeza da convectiva. A contribuição da parcela radiativa era maior para baixos valores do Número de Rayleigh e para valores da folga aleta/antepara diferentes de zero. / [en] Experiments were performed to determine the combined-mode natural convection/radiation heat transfer characteristics of a shrouded array of rectangular, vertical fins. The investigated parameters included the height and the longitudinal lenght of the fins, the clearance gap between the shroud and the fin tips and the fin to ambient temperature difference. Shroud walls having different thermal characteristics were used (highly conducting and insulated). For each configuration, the Rayleigh Number ranged from 4,0 x 10 (1) to 7,0 x 10 (2). It was found that the positioning of a shrouding surface close to the fins decreased the rate of combined mode heat transfer when compared to the unshrouded case. Greater heat transfer rates were found for the conducting wall shroud in comparison with the insulated one. Calculations performed showed that, when the clearance gap between the shroud and the fin tips was zero, the convective component was dominant. For other clearance gaps, the contribution of radiation was of the same order of magnitude of the convective one. The contribution of the radiative component was greater for small values of the Raileigh Number and for clearance gaps different from zero.

In this study we investigates the thermal behavior of an assembly of consecutive cylinders in a counter-rotating configuration cooled by natural convection with the objective of maximizing the heat transfer density rate (heat transfer rate per unit volume). A numerical model was used to solve the governing equations that describe the temperature and flow fields and an optimization algorithm was used to find the optimal structure for flow configurations with two or more degrees of freedom. The geometric structure of the consecutive cylinders was optimized for each flow regime (Rayleigh number) and cylinder rotation speed for one and two degrees of freedom. Smaller cylinders were placed at the entrance to the assembly, in the wedge-shaped flow regions occupied by fluid that had not yet been used for heat transfer, to create additional length scales to the flow configuration. It was found that the optimized spacing decreases and the heat transfer density rate increases as the Rayleigh number increases, for the optimized structure. It was also found that the optimized spacing decreases and the maximum heat transfer density rate increases, as the cylinder rotation speed was increased for the single scale configuration at each Rayleigh number. Results further showed that there was an increase in the heat transfer density rate of the rotating cylinders over stationary cylinders for a single scale configuration. For a multi scale configuration it was found that there was almost no effect of cylinder rotation on the maximum heat transfer density rate, when compared to stationary cylinders, at each Rayleigh number; with the exception of high cylinder rotation speeds, which serve to suppress the heat transfer density rate. It was, however, found that the optimized spacing decreases as the cylinder rotation speed was increased at each Rayleigh number. Results further showed that the maximum heat transfer density rate for a multi scale configuration (with stationary cylinders) was higher than a single scale configuration (with rotating cylinders) with an exception at very low Rayleigh numbers. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

Orientador: Kamal Abdel Radi Ismail / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-24T07:44:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martinelli_ValdisleyJose_M.pdf: 3830645 bytes, checksum: fa60238d6afea2e97d6f6e2886a91fc4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1998 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar o desenvolvimento de transferência de calor laminar por convecção natural em canais de placas planas verticais sujeito a aquecimento assimétrico. São analisadas condições de contorno com fluxo de calor uniforme nas paredes das placas e temperatura da parede uniforme. Soluções para escoamento em regime permanente são obtidos para o ar para diferentes fluxos de calor e diferentes temperaturas nas paredes (acima da temperatura do fluido na entrada do canal); bem como para diferentes geometrias do canal (variação da distância entre as placas (b)). As equações foram escritas em diferenças finitas utilizando variáveis primitivas e resolvidas implicitamente, usando discretização central em todos os termos das equações governantes, exceto para o caso de fluxo de calor que foi utilizado diferença unilateral de três níveis nos termos da derivada da temperatma. Os resultados indicam que existe uma distância ótima entre as placas onde ocorre a máxima troca de calor entre as placas e o fluido. Os resultados foram comparados com a literatura, tanto trabalhos numéricos como experimentais / Abstract: This work studies the developm.entof laminar free convection in vertical flat parallel plates with asymmetric heating. Thermal boundary conditions of uniform wall heat fluxes and uniform wall temperature are considered. Solutions of the flow on steady state are obtained for air at different wall heat fluxes and wall temperature differences (above the temperature of the fluid at the channel) and also different geometries of the channel (distance between the plates (b)). The equations were written in finite difference using primitive variables and they were solved by implicitesqueme all the terms of the governing equations, and by means of a three point derivative formula the terms wall temperature at heat fluxes. The results show there is one optimal distance between the plates to maximize the heat transfer. The results were compared with the literature, both numerical and experimentalworks / Mestrado / Termica e Fluidos / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

This Ph.D. thesis is focused on theory and experimental investigations developing of new knowledge about polymeric hollow fiber heat exchanger (PHFHE). The state-of-the-art study of plastic heat exchangers shows that their usage is limited by several niches where their advantages significantly dominates, or where the use of non-plastic competitors is not impossible. On the other hand, plastic heat exchangers (and PHFHEs in particular) are devices of increasing interest. It is shown that use of small tubes (fibers) allows PHFHEs to be more competitive than conventional plastic heat exchangers. Small hydraulic diameter of a fiber causes high heat transfer coefficients, reduces thermal resistance of plastic wall and allows it to create light and compact design. Detailed study of fluid flow and heat transfer inside the hollow fiber showed that conventional approaches for single-phase laminar flow can be utilized. Poiseuille number equal to 64 and Nussel number about 4 are recommended to be used to predict pressure drops and heat transfer coefficient, respectively. Additional attention should be paid to careful determination of fiber diameter and liquid properties (viscosity). Scaling effects, such as axial heat conduction, thermal entrance region and viscous dissipation can be neglected. The study of outside heat transfer showed that heat transfer on fiber bunches are intense and are competitive to contemporary compact finned-tube heat exchangers. The Grimson approach showed clear correlation with experimental results and, thus is recommended to predict heat transfer coefficients on fiber bunches. Two types of fouling (particulate- and biofouling) of outer fiber surface were experimentally studied. It was found that particulate fouling by titanium oxide particles is not intense and deposits can be removed relatively easy. However, fouling is much more intense when it is associated with biofouling caused by wastewater. In this case, smooth and low-adhesive surface of plastic is not sufficient precaution to prevent deposit formation.

La thèse porte sur la caractérisation des transferts thermiques dans les milieux fluide-particules, notamment en proposant un modèle décrivant le changement de phase au sein de particules sous écoulement fluide. Les transferts thermiques sont modélisés en prenant en compte l'influence de la résistance aux transferts externes (échanges avec le fluide) et internes (conduction à travers la particule et sa paroi, convection naturelle dans la phase liquide de la particule, changement de phase) à la particule. Les échanges externes avec le fluide sont pris en compte à l’aide de corrélations liant un nombre de Nusselt externe aux nombres de Reynolds et de Prandtl. La conduction interne est décrite à l’aide de solutions analytiques. L’effet de la convection naturelle a été étudié sur une particule isolée soumise à un gradient de température sous différents nombres de Rayleigh et de Prandtl permettant son déclenchement. Les résultats obtenus ont permis d’établir une corrélation reliant un nombre de Nusselt interne aux nombres de Prandtl et Rayleigh de la particule. Cette corrélation permet de recalculer l’évolution temporelle de la température moyenne de la particule en prenant en compte l’effet de la convection naturelle. Le changement de phase est décrit grâce à un modèle local basé sur l’approche « Phase Field » moyenné sur l’ensemble de la particule et validé par comparaison avec des résultats numériques et expérimentaux issus de la littérature. Enfin, le modèle complet et l’influence des phénomènes pris en compte sont testés sur un lit fixe de particules à l’échelle moyennée (Discrete Element Method–Computional Fluids Dynamics). La conduction et la convection interne donnent une quantité totale d’énergie stockée relativement similaire dans le lit à nombre de Biot égal, mais dont la distribution est différente. Le changement de phase tend à grandement densifier le stockage. Une augmentation du nombre de Biot tend à augmenter la quantité d’énergie stockée. Enfin, il est montré que les transferts sont dépendants de la distribution de porosité. / This work intends to characterize heat transfer in fluid-particle flows, specifically when phase change occurs inside the particles. The proposed model takes into account the external heat resistance (heat transfer at the particle-fluid interface) and the internal heat resistance (conduction inside and at the wall of the particle, natural convection in the liquid phase of the particle, phase change). External transfer with the surrounding fluid is described by correlations linking an external Nusselt number to Reynolds and Prandtl numbers related to the surrounding fluid. Internal conduction is calculated thanks to analytical solutions. The influence of natural convection was studied on an isolated sphere for different combinations of Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers. A correlation between an internal Nusselt number, and particle Rayleigh and Prandtl numbers was established using these simulations. This correlation allows calculating the transient evolution of the average temperature of the particle when natural convection occurs. Phase change is taken into account by a Phase Field model averaged over the particle and validated by comparison with experimental and numerical studies from the literature. Finally, the whole model and the effects of the different phenomena it describes are tested on a fixed bed of particles at mesoscopic scale using a Discrete Element Method–Computional Fluids Dynamics (DEM-CFD) model. Internal conduction and natural convection gives similar quantities of total energy stored for the same Biot number, however heat transfer distribution is modified. Phase change greatly reduces the volume of storage. Increasing the Biot number leads to a greater amount of energy stored. Finally, heat transfer greatly depends on porosity distribution.

In the present study, a finite volume method is employed to modelthe advection-diffusion phenomenon during a pure substance meltingprocess. The exercise is limited to a benchmark problem consisting ofthe 2D melting from a vertical wall of a PCM driven by natural convectionin the melt. Numerical results, mainly the temporal evolutionof average Nusselt number at the hot wall and the average liquid fraction,are validated by available literature data and the effect of thermalinertia in the heat transfer is considered as well. Finally, motivatedby recent publications and the model presented here, possible new researchtopics are proposed.

Deep learning has gained traction in thermal engineering due to its applications to process simulations, the deeper insights it can provide and its abilities to circumvent the shortcomings of classic thermodynamic simulation approaches by capturing complex inter-dependencies. This works sets out to apply probabilistic deep learning to power plant operations using historic plant data. The first study presented, entails the development of a steady-state mixture density network (MDN) capable of predicting effective heat transfer coefficients (HTC) for the various heat exchanger components inside a utility scale boiler. Selected directly controllable input features, including the excess air ratio, steam temperatures, flow rates and pressures are used to predict the HTCs. In the second case study, an encoder-decoder mixturedensity network (MDN) is developed using recurrent neural networks (RNN) for the prediction of utility-scale air-cooled condenser (ACC) backpressure. The effects of ambient conditions and plant operating parameters, such as extraction flow rate, on ACC performance is investigated. In both case studies, hyperparameter searches are done to determine the best performing architectures for these models. Comparisons are drawn between the MDN model versus standard model architecture in both case studies. The HTC predictor model achieved 90% accuracy which equates to an average error of 4.89 W m2K across all heat exchangers. The resultant time-series ACC model achieved an average error of 3.14 kPa, which translate into a model accuracy of 82%.

Une étude expérimentale sur la faisabilité du procédé de dessalement par congélation sur les parois d'un tube cylindrique est présentée. Le procédé se décompose en deux étapes essentielles : la cristallisation suivie par le ressuage. Les cristallisations sont conduites à partir d'une solution stagnante ou agitée par un bullage d'air. Les paramètres opératoires clés sont la rampe de refroidissement et la salinité de l’eau traitée. Leur effet sur la salinité de la glace produite a été quantifié, dans les deux modes de fonctionnement, statique et agité. Le dispositif expérimental permet également de contrôler le gradient thermique à travers la couche de solution pour les cristallisations effectuées en statique. L'absence de gradient thermique et donc de courant de convection mène à des couches de glace très contaminées en sels. Les résultats combinant la cristallisation et le ressuage montrent que dans tous les cas, on peut obtenir de l'eau potable mais avec un rendement plus élevé et une durée réduite si la cristallisation a lieu en mode dynamique. Les conditions opératoires optimales sont proposées. La modélisation des transferts de matière et de chaleur à travers les couches de glace et de solution en régime diffusionnel et convectif a permis d’interpréter l’influence des paramètres opératoires des cristallisations opérées sans agitation. Enfin, l’évaluation économique du procédé complet de dessalement, basées sur des points de fonctionnement expérimentaux, indique que la consommation énergétique d’une petite installation pourrait être très faible en utilisant une machine frigorifique idéale fonctionnant entre l’unité de ressuage et l’unité de congélation. / An experimental study on the feasibility of sea water desalination by indirect freezing is presented. The whole process of desalination involves a freezing step, followed by a purification of the ice layer by sweating. Crystallization is led from quiescent solution or from agitated solution by air bubbling. The key operating parameters are the cooling rate, and solution salinity. Their effect on ice purity has been quantified in the static and agitated modes. The experimental setup enables as well the control of temperature gradient through the solution when the freezing step is conducted in the static mode. In the absence of temperature gradient and consequently the absence of convection currents, the ice layers formed are very contaminated in salts. The results combining crystallization and sweating show that in all cases, we can obtain drinking water, but with high yield and reduced process time when the crystallization is led in agitated mode. The optimal operating conditions are presented. The modelling of mass and heat transfers in the two phases in the diffusional and convective regimes has enabled the interpretation of the influence of operating parameters of crystallizations operated without agitation. At last, the economic evaluation of the whole desalination process, based on experimental operating points, indicates that energetic consumption of a small scale unit maybe low when using an ideal refrigerating machine which works between the sweating and the crystallization unities.

L'objectif de cette thèse est de contribuer à la simulation numérique des transferts de chaleur par conduction dans les parois, par rayonnement et par convection thermosolutale dans des cavités fermées ou dans des conduites. Dans la plupart des cas pratiques, les trois modes de transfert de chaleur sont fortement couplés lorsque le fluide en mouvement est un mélange de gaz. Le transfert de chaleur par convection naturelle associé à la condensation surfacique dans une cavité à deux dimensions, remplie d'air humide a été étudié numériquement. Les parois verticales, d'épaisseur finie, sont en contact avec une ambiance extérieure froide. La modélisation faiblement compressible permet à la fois de tenir compte de la diminution de la masse du mélange et de la pression thermodynamique. Egalement, une étude de la convection mixte associée à l'évaporation d'un film liquide ruisselant sur les deux parois d'un canal vertical a été menée. Les effets des forces d'Archimède thermique et solutale sur le développement de l'écoulement ont été montrés. Les résultats ont été obtenus en considérant que les propriétés du mélange sont constantes ou basées sur la règle d'un tiers. Deux mélanges binaires de gaz parfaits air-vapeur et air-hexane ont été considérés en vertu de diverses conditions aux limites / The purpose of this thesis is the contribution to the numerical simulation of heat transfer by conduction, radiation and thermosolutal convection in a closed cavity or in a vertical channel. In most practical cases, the three modes of heat transfer are strongly coupled when the fluid in motion is a mixture of gases. Heat transfer by natural convection and surface condensation in two-dimensional enclosures in contact with a cold external ambient through a wall of finite thickness was studied numerically. Special attention was given on the modeling of the flow of a binary mixture consisting of humid air. Low-Mach number assumption was introduced in order to account for decreases in mixture mass and average pressure within the enclosure between the initial and steady states. Also, a numerical investigation was conducted to study mixed convection in a vertical channel with evaporation of thin liquid films on wetted walls. The effects of the thermal and solutal buoyancy forces on the flow field, heat and mass transfer are illustrated. Results were obtained both for variable and for constant properties using the one-third rule. Air-water vapor and air-hexane vapor mixtures, assumed as ideal gases, are considered under various boundary conditions

L'objectif de ce travail est d'étudier les détails des écoulements et des transferts thermiques induits par convection naturelle au sein d'un canal (simulation bidimensionnelle) et au sein d'une cavité cubique (simulation tridimensionnelle) munis de blocs chauffants. La chaleur dégagée par les blocs résulte d'une génération volumique uniforme de la chaleur, d'une température chaude constante ou d'un flux surfacique uniforme. On utilise l'air (Pr=0.72) comme fluide. Les paramètres de l'étude sont le rapport des conductivités thermiques du bloc solide et du fluide (0.1≤k*≤200), le nombre de Rayleigh (〖10〗^4≤Ra≤〖10〗^7) et la hauteur relative des blocs (1/8≤B≤1/2). La détermination des conditions de validité du modèle à blocs isothermes et du modèle à blocs libérant un flux surfacique uniforme, en fonction du rapport des conductivités thermiques et des autres paramètres du problème, compte parmi les principaux objectifs de ce travail. Les résultats obtenus montrent que l'écoulement et le transfert thermique ainsi que les conditions de validité des modèles mentionnés sont fortement influencés par les paramètres de contrôle et par la multiplicité de solutions trouvée en régime convectif. / The object of this work is to study the details of the flow and heat transfer induced by natural convection in a channel (2D simulation) and in a cubic cavity (3D simulation) containing heating blocks. The heat released by the blocks results from a uniform volumetric heat generation, a constant hot temperature or a uniform surface flux. Air (Pr=0.72) is used as working fluid. The parameters of the study are the thermal conductivities ratio of solid blocks and fluid (0.1≤k*≤200), the Rayleigh number (〖10〗^4≤Ra≤〖10〗^7) and the relative height of the blocks (1/8≤B≤1/2). Among the main objects of this work is the determination of the conditions of validity of the model with isothermal blocks and the model with blocks releasing a uniform surface flux, as functions of the thermal conductivities ratio and the other parameters of the problem. The results obtained show that the flow and heat transfer and the conditions of validity of the models mentioned are strongly affected by the control parameters and the multiplicity of solutions found in the convective regime.